The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 178

Hexian's illness, although it is likely that the fifth young lady made a big fuss, but the work on the table cannot be neglected. I asked Mrs. Tai for peace, and went to Qingpingyuan to report to Mrs. Xu. He took Qin Niangzi into the little flower hall of Leshan Residence, hurriedly ordered someone to invite a doctor for Hexian, and then smiled and waved to the little maid beside him.

"Xiao Fuchun, come here."

Seventh Lady has been watching Madam Wu for so long, so of course she doesn't know that the most trusted maids around Madam Wu are Xiao Fuchun and Xiao Luowen. They have never done housework for her. Quartermaster, she smiled.

"My sister-in-law still loves me." Seventh Lady praised Fifth Young Madam. "Knowing that I suddenly took over the housework, my eyes must have been smeared, and I am willing to leave Xiao Fuchun to me."

The Fifth Young Madam did not give in, but narrowed her eyes with a rare smile, and was praised by the Seventh Lady. "Six siblings, what are you talking about? Of course, the whole family has to support each other. Although you are smart, you may not be able to fight against those old mothers who are full of strange things. With Xiao Fuchun here, at least I can put you in a good position." .”

The Xu family is a big family after all, no matter how fierce the wives and sisters-in-law fight in private, if they make a mistake in public and offend Ping Guogong, even if Seventh Lady is the one who loses face the most, Fifth Young Madam will always suffer.Both sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law understood this truth in their hearts.

Fifth Young Madam said a few more polite words to Seventh Lady, then took a small key from her side, put it on the table, and said with a smile, "This is the small key for the family's general ledger. Sixth younger siblings hold it, in case there is a need to take it. Use it, and ask me to get it now.”

Of course, the housekeeper and mistress always have keys, matching cards and ledgers, which are usually kept by the confidantes. Only the general ledger of Yingrun’s annual entry and exit in the counting room is kept properly at ordinary times. The Lord Mother took out the key and went to register.It can be said that in this small key, the meaning of cohesion is not as simple as an account book.

Seventh Lady narrowed her eyes, looked at Fifth Young Madam with a smile, picked up the brass key and carefully checked her face.

The fifth young lady showed a slight smile from the bottom of her eyes.

But I didn't want to, Qin Niangzi just made a photo, and then smiled and pushed the key to Mrs. Fifth Young Madam.

"I just helped my sister-in-law take care of the house for a few days. Even if my sister-in-law gave me such a master key, I wouldn't dare to take it——Don't blame me for presumptuousness, my sister-in-law. There are mothers and grandmothers on the house. We, the juniors, just help in this house." No matter who gets the master key, it depends on the opinions of the two elders, how can we juniors dare to give it to each other in private? Is this the reason why sister-in-law Wu said?"

The small flower hall suddenly fell silent.

These words were so bright and upright, revealing the identity of the Seventh Lady and the eldest son-in-law faintly, and it seemed that the Fifth Young Madam was a bit petty.Not only did he say he was sick at this moment, and he threw the burden on Qin Niangzi, but he even had to make calculations like this before leaving... Sometimes people are too calculating, and when others see it, they feel a little chilled.

Although there were not many expressions on the faces of the waiters, the slight recognition in their expressions was easy to be tasted.

The Fifth Young Madam was speechless.

This concubine of the Yang family was raised in the same family as her sister?
She exhausted all means, dug countless pits and waited, but she didn't jump in any of them, but her words were sharp and her skin was thick enough to pass the city wall... Fighting against this person is like using chopsticks Clamping the glass ball is already difficult, and the glass ball is still stained with countless oils!
She forced a smile, and had no intention of arguing with Qin Niangzi, so she just glanced at Xiao Fuchun and got up to leave. "I sent someone out early in the morning to invite Dr. Zhong, and now I'm afraid they are already helping the pulse... Don't blame the sixth sibling, they are all mothers, and they understand how I care about He Xian."

After all, he was angry in his heart, and even when he said goodbye, he had to say it secretly and sharply.

Seventh Lady pretended not to hear it, and when she sent the fifth young lady out of the small flower hall with a happy face, Lixia and Bailu had already arrived hand in hand.

As soon as these two big maids arrived, Qin Niangzi felt at ease.Although Shang Yuan was also by her side, she was still a little short of the heat. Only these two people could handle many things, so that Qin Niangzi could rest assured.

She swept across the maids in the room, and sighed silently: "It's a pity that Li Chun's life is unlucky, and he passed away from dystocia the year before last, otherwise...

"These are the two maidservants beside me." Suppressing a little melancholy in his heart, he introduced Xiao Fuchun with a smile. "There are a lot of people in the mansion. I'm afraid you are not familiar with each other. In the past few days, you will inevitably have to work together. We all know each other."

Xiao Fuchun immediately lowered his eyebrows and went forward to salute Li Xia and Bai Lu, "I've seen the two sisters."

Qin Niangzi then looked at Xiao Fuchun carefully.

This is a timid little maid, wearing a spring skirt of pink and white lotus root, she looks more and more timid, and her voice is not loud at all, only louder than mosquitoes.Compared with Xiao Luo Wen, another servant girl next to Mrs. Fifth Young Master, she lost by more than a notch in terms of momentum.From what I've noticed these days, it's just that he excels in the two words of meticulousness, and his ability is also inferior to that of a loud voice and a fast-paced little rib.

Of course, she is still an ordinary maid, but Luo Wen is an open-faced maid, and the confidence of the two is different... A woman who can make her mark in the backyard, whether it is a servant or a master, is not to be underestimated. .

"I often watch my fifth sister-in-law do errands, and I always carry account books, matching cards and keys with me," she asked Xiao Fuchun with a smile, "Do you keep all these things?"

Xiao Fuchun hurriedly knelt down and answered Qin Niangzi, "If you come back to Mrs. Shizi, Sister Luo Wen usually keeps it in the cabinet at the back of the Xiaohua Hall - and it is also locked. Because Miss Xian is sick, you can't leave it in the yard." She didn't let Sister Luo Wen come into the garden. But our young lady was still talking about it just now, and someone must have brought it in a while."

Although her voice was delicate, she articulated clearly and spoke clearly.Explaining the reason why Luo Wen didn't show up very clearly, Qin Niangzi nodded slightly, looked at the chiming clock in the corner of the room, saw that there was still half an hour before the fifth young lady's usual time to do housework, she smiled and said, "I Go back and change your clothes, Xiao Fuchun, sit here and talk to Bai Lu and the others."

So I took Shang Yuan back to Mingde Hall, and told the maids, "Find me a dress with a more solemn tone, and the style doesn't need to be too formal."

He also removed the random pendant bun, straightened the bun in front of the mirror, and decorated it with some gold ornaments. After looking in the mirror back and forth, he was a little satisfied, and he couldn't help sighing, "It's a pity that I won't be here in the future." After serving, we have to find a dexterous maid to take care of combing hair."

Although Shang Yuan and the others have the ability to settle things in the inner house, they really don't have much ability in combing their hair. Hearing this, they all laughed, "You really have to be careful."

While talking, Xu Fengjia went into Xisanjian again, and raised her eyebrows in surprise when she saw Seventh Lady. "I thought you were already busy in Leshan Residence, but I didn't expect the young lady to come back and dress up when she was free."

Qin Niangzi gave him a blank look in the mirror, deliberately lowered her face, and asked solemnly, "Is it scary to look at?" Before she finished speaking, she couldn't help chuckling: she always speaks in a soft voice, It is extremely unnatural to deliberately make such a look now.

Xu Fengjia was even more supportive. After laughing for a while, she wiped the corner of her eyes and asked Qin Niangzi, "Sister-in-law Wu suddenly put the burden on... Are you afraid?"

Although it was a question, the tone of voice was very certain, and there was a faint smile on the corners of his eyes and brows, which made this young man who was always scorching hot radiate warmth.

Seventh Lady smiled at him.

In the past month or so, she found that it was very easy to smile at Xu Fengjia.

"You still ask when you know the answer?" She whispered and took another deep breath. "Sister-in-law Wu's move is actually a very good opportunity for us."

The Fifth Young Madam suddenly put down her burden, of course she was blatantly embarrassing Liu Fang, trying to catch Seventh Lady by surprise.In Leshan Juli, Qi Niangzi had no other choice but to bite the bullet and take the burden she handed over.

But her embarrassment is also an opportunity for Liufang: this criticism is of course extremely inappropriate.Of course, the few big figures in the upper echelon of Xu's family don't care about it with Mrs. Wu, but as long as Mrs. Seven shows a housekeeping ability comparable to that of a housewife, even if Duke Ping can't see through the grievances, Xu The wife will also pick it out for him.

Of course, if Qi Niangzi messes up, then there is no need to say anything. Her life as a housekeeper will definitely be postponed until the whole Xu family forgets about her mistake.Even if Xu Fengjia could tolerate her failure, Mrs. Xu and the eldest wife would probably vent their disappointment on Qin Niangzi.

This battle came suddenly, but it was also planned for a long time, Qin Niangzi only promised to win but not to lose.

That being the case, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Xu Fengjia nodded, and smiled slightly at Qin Niangzi in the mirror, those red phoenix eyes that were so burned that they turned into glass, at this moment, they were full of tenderness.

(End of this chapter)